International Society for Krishna Consciousness of California, Inc., Plaintiffs and Responde — Chin, J…

Summary

Justice Chin agrees that the Los Angeles International Airport ordinance is valid under the California Constitution, but would expressly answer the certified question that LAX is not a public forum. He reasons that public forum doctrine applies under the state Constitution, that airports differ materially from traditional speech forums, and that restrictions in a nonpublic forum need only be reasonable and viewpoint neutral. Justice Kennard, concurring separately, agrees with the ordinance's validity but would hold that LAX's prescreening areas are public forums and would reach that conclusion under the state Constitution's broader free-speech protection.